New Trojan Hits Skype
The security analysts have just made a public announcement that is likely to be very important for all of us: the analysts have warned about a new malicious software program that is masquerading an installer file for the popular Skype service. The program is, obviously, a trojan in fact and it sends its victims’ Skype credentials, as well as any authentication elements, such as the logins and passwords that are stored in the Internet Explorer browser, to another server.
Skype, the popular voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by eBay, has been frequently targeted by such malware programs. The reason behind this problem is represented by the fact that Skype is used by a lot of people. Most of the hackers’ attacks have focused till now, however, on sending links to malware, as well as worms, via the service’s chat function.
